She has also developed independent activities linked to research and innovation, being project leader of different Europan sessions - E10, Lisboa, PT (“in-between”); -
E11, Guimarães, PT (“270° Landscape” - winner with Collectif ETC); -
E13, AzenhaDoMar, PT (“DreamCatcher”); being part of the 40 Europan experts around the theme - The Adaptable City; being collaborator of Contrepoint, CH and BazarUrbain, FR; being part of Volumes Co-Working Creative Hub, CivicWise network; and being co-editor of CivicPractices book.

As project founder, she has developed Atelier Da Rua (finalist IOP’2014, NUFF’2015 and CreaRÎF’2016), experiencing entrepreneurism and being author of different texts and communications dedicated to the theme and presented in several contexts such as the Venice Architecture Biennale‘2014 or the Future of Places III - UN Habitat, in Stckholm.
She also founded the project Conto-Contigo.fr / AGRAFr, nominated for 2 Prizes Cap Magellan’2015 as Best Citizen Initiative and as Best Associative Project.

She took part of the 1st course of Espace(S) Public(S) from Science Po Toulouse (2016); and the 1st course of Civic Design from Colegio de Arquitectura de Madrid (2015).

Her interest goes for territory and urban design, architectural relations between public and private space, urban design methodologies, participated and active architecture, governance and entrepreneurism, stories of life, people and places.